Jaws (1975)
Average Rating: 9.1/10
Reviews Counted: 53
Fresh: 53 | Rotten: 0
Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg's Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills.
Average Rating: 8.8/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0
Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg's Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills.
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Based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel, Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark saga set the standard for the New Hollywood popcorn blockbuster while frightening millions of moviegoers out of the water. One early summer night on fictional Atlantic resort Amity Island, Chrissie decides to take a moonlight skinny dip while her friends party on the beach. Yanked suddenly below the ocean surface, she never returns. When pieces of her wash ashore, Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) suspects the worst, but
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Cast
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Roy Scheider
Chief Martin Brody -
Robert Shaw
Quint -
Richard Dreyfuss
Matt Hooper -
Lorraine Gary
Ellen Brody -
Murray Hamilton
Mayor Larry Vaughn -
Carl Gottlieb
Editor Meadows -
Jeffrey Kramer
Policeman Hendricks -
Susan Backlinie
Chrissie Watkins -
Jonathan Filley
Cassidy -
Ted Grossman
Estuary Victim -
Lee Fierro
Mrs. Kintner -
Jeffrey Voorhees
Alex Kintner -
Craig Kingsbury
Ben Gardner -
Dr. Robert Nevin
Medical Examiner -
Peter Benchley
Interviewer -
Jay Mello
Sean Brody -
Chris Rebello
Michael Brody -
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All Critics (53) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (65) | Rotten (0) | DVD (65)
Spielberg works self-effacingly, with subtly correct camera placement and meticulous editing. He twists our guts with false alarms, giving us the real thing with heart-stopping suddenness.
Top CriticSteven Spielberg's mechanical thriller is guaranteed to make you scream on schedule.
The fast-moving 124-minute film engenders enormous suspense as the shark attacks a succession of people.
It's no wonder a generation of holidaymakers still thinks twice before stepping into the water.
When it comes to this kind of thriller, no movie has been able to top Jaws, although many have tried. And, as the years go by, it seems increasingly unlikely that anything will come close.
One of the most effective thrillers ever made.
Jaws remains, decades later, a near perfect film.
It's easy to forget just how simply amazing Steven Spielberg's film is. From a technical standpoint, it's a whirlwind of creativity and clever ideas. From an entertainment standpoint it's an exhilarating and often terrifying thriller.
Basically, Jaws is an excellent routine movie, the sort normally made on a moderate budget and aimed at the neighborhood houses.
Steven Spielberg's Jaws takes a bite out of the Blu-Ray format with a remastered video transfer, an absorbent 7.1 audio track and a whole bunch of bonus content that makes this a worthy purchase for longtime fans and those looking for a classic.
Spielberg knows exactly how the human mind works, and he uses that knowledge to plumb the elemental fear buried deep within.
Jaws is the definitive comedy posing as a monster movie, and this must-own Blu-ray allows it to look and sound as it never has before.
...the movie's justifiably legendary opening [paves] the way for an engrossing first act that's heightened by both Scheider's magnetic performance and the inclusion of several unbearably tense interludes.
Spielberg fashioned an instant classic whose success owes as much to his superb orchestration as to the substantial jolts and knockout performances by Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss.
Before we see anything, our ears are chilled by composer John Williams' menacing two note soundtrack which then builds into that unforgettable frenzy as the unseen shark savages its first victim.
Jaws retains its power to enthrall and shock at the same time.
You think of the excess that followed in Jaws' wake and realise how well judged that first blockbuster is.
It remains an influence on the modern blockbuster, and is one of its best examples.
This is a suspense classic that leaves teeth-marks.
Jaws is a perfect blend of set-pieces and story, its formula so hard to capture it's now near-mythical - filmmakers have been chasing it like Ahab chasing Moby Dick ever since.
The aquatic terror is deftly balanced with lively, likeable characterisations.
Forget Saving Private Ryan, and Schindler's List. This is Spielberg's masterwork.
One of the absolute masterpieces of populist cinema.
Five-star movie could scare the pants off kids.
Spielberg has directed a film which contains many unforgettable and suspenseful moments. That Jaws was only his second feature film says something about the talent and ingenuity the man possessed even at such an early stage in his career.
To be brief and to the point, the GREATEST FILM EVER MADE! Thank you for your time.
Audience Reviews for Jaws
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- Quint: Are well and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
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- Chief Martin Brody: You're gonna need a bigger boat.
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- Chief Martin Brody: Smile you son of a bitch!
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- Matt Hooper: He ate the light!
- Chief Martin Brody: Terrific!
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- Matt Hooper: Show me the way to go home... I'm tired and I wanna go to bed. I 'ad a little drink about an hour ago and it's got right to my 'ead. Wherever I may roam. By land or sea or phone. You can always hear me singin this song... show me the way to go home... bom bom bom
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- Ellen Brody: What am I gonna tell the kids?
- Chief Martin Brody: Tell 'em I'm going fishing.
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- Der weiße Hai (DE)
- Jaws (UK)
